The campaign of Ohio Democratic governor candidate Dr. Amy Acton released a statement from her brother Tuesday morning condemning an attack ad against her spread by right-wing online influencers featuring her estranged mother. In the attack ad spread by supporters of Acton’s opponent, Ohio Republican candidate for governor Vivek Ramaswamy, Donna Arthur speaks directly to […]
While Ohioans are worrying over the cost of living and getting pummeled with campaign ads in the waning weeks of the midterm election, outside groups are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into Ohio’s races for governor and U.S. Senate. The candidates are spending heavily on TV spots to promote themselves, attack their opponents, or […]
The public school coalition Vouchers Hurt Ohio is confident the Republican-controlled Ohio Supreme Court will find the state’s Education Choice private school voucher program unconstitutional. Vouchers Hurt Ohio is a coalition of more than 300 public school districts challenging the constitutionality of the state’s EdChoice voucher program. The 10th District Court of Appeals in Franklin […]
In July of 2026, OpenAI disclosed that its AI agents went rogue during an internal test of cyber capabilities. They broke containment, hacked into a machine learning company, and stole private information. OpenAI later disclosed that its test required lowering some guardrails designed to restrict the AI agents’ access. With the door cracked open, the […]
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For the second year in a row, Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers, this time for the 2026 fiscal year. The total amount for Ohio’s five private school voucher programs was $1.173 billion, according to data from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. Nearly half of the money ($532.8 […]
As voters across the United States cast ballots on November 3, Californians are weighing whether to approve a one-time 5% tax on the wealth of billionaires in the state. The tax would apply to roughly 250 Californians who now hold an estimated $2.3 trillion in wealth. Supporters say the wealth tax could raise up to […]
We speak with the acclaimed South African human rights lawyer and international jurist Navi Pillay, who was awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay has been the United Nations high commissioner for human rights and a judge at both the International Criminal Court and at an international tribunal investigating the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Most […]
Finland to Purchase 1 Million Landmines as Russia Continues Attacks on Ukraine, Trump Lashes Out Against Zelensky: “It’s Time for Somebody Else to Negotiate on Behalf of Ukraine” , Drone Strike in Sudan Kills 80 People, Trump Stumps for Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall, Continuing Tour of Deep Red States, CBS News Correspondent Apologizes for Partisan […]
The prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa was fatally shot along with another man on Saturday at a sports center in Guatemala City. For years, Solórzano Foppa had been outspoken against Guatemala’s most powerful politicians, business leaders and companies. He was known for his anti-corruption work as head of the Criminal Investigations Directorate […]
Israeli settlers backed by IDF soldiers brutally assaulted Palestinian olive farmers in the village of Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday. Witnesses say dozens of masked Israeli settlers armed with clubs, sticks, slingshots and guns hurled rocks at Palestinian farmers, set olive trees ablaze and drove people from their fields. Veteran Washington Post photojournalist […]
Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in over 140 cities across France on Saturday, demanding relief from the high cost of living, more funding for public services and improvements to deteriorating schools, among other grievances. The demonstrations were the latest — and largest — in a series of protests that began in September with high […]
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